WASHINGTON, June 30, 2009

Holocaust Museum Suspect Too Ill For Court

88-Year-Old White Supremacist Shot In Face During Gunfight With Guards

  • James von Brunn faces a first-degree murder charge.

    James von Brunn faces a first-degree murder charge.  (AP Photo/Talbot County Sheriff)

  • Photo Essay D.C. Museum Shooting

    Gunman opens fire inside crowded Holocaust Museum, killing a security guard.

(AP)  Prosecutors say a white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is in no condition to come to court.

Prosecutor Nicole Waid said at a hearing Tuesday that a D.C. Department of Corrections doctor told her that 88-year-old James von Brunn would not be able to come to court this week or next.

Magistrate John Facciola scheduled another hearing on von Brunn's health for July 10.

Von Brunn faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of museum guard Stephen T. Johns. Von Brunn was shot in the face by other guards and remains at Greater Southeast Community Hospital.

Defense attorney A.J. Kramer says von Brunn is able to respond and understand him.


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by dearius09 June 30, 2009 2:08 PM EDT
To albert571, this story is not about Michael Jackson, you are such an idiot just in case you didn't know that. Please don't send anymore comments. You sound so illiterate. I beg you. LOL LOL LOL. Stupidity gets you nowhere.
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by batchitcrazy June 30, 2009 1:17 PM EDT
The parasite does not have to be present in court. His presence is only required for the execution.
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by barbaram99 June 30, 2009 1:13 PM EDT
The man is too ill to attend court. He is a white power person. That is what I call people like him. He will have his day in court.
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by grvmstrj June 30, 2009 1:09 PM EDT
albert571 it appears that you and the devil racist of this story have a few things in common.-SHOT ANY GUARDS LATELY?
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by albert571 June 30, 2009 12:51 PM EDT
Anyone find it strange that no one is allowed to comment on any site that Micheal Jackson is on? CBS wouldn't be covering up anything would they? Or maybe they want to forget that Micheal had a thing for young white boys. He did give over 20 million dollars to stop one story from going public.Censorship is only just begining in the United States and people better start to stand up to it or we will all be liveing in an OBAMANATION!!!!
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by koko98-2009 June 30, 2009 12:20 PM EDT
In the spirit of Madoff justice the magistrate can go to his hospital room to charge him. To really make him suffer they can give him a Jewish lawyer and a black magistrate.
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